Ruth: A Migrant&#39;s Tale

Ilana Pardes

Published by Yale University Press 2022

Ruth

A Migrant's Tale

Ilana Pardes

In the series Jewish Lives

https://doi.org/10.12987/9780300268911

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About this book

A wide-ranging exploration of the story of Ruth, a foreigner who became the founding mother of the Davidic dynasty

Author / Editor information

Ilana Pardes is Katharine Cornell Professor of Comparative Literature and the director of the Center for Literary Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She is the author of Countertraditions in the Bible and The Song of Songs: A Biography.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction: Preliminary Gleanings Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. The Moabite Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
2. The Convert Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	42
3. The Shekhinah in Exile Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	64
4. The Pastoral Gleaner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	84
5. The Zionist Pioneer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
6. The American Outcast Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	142
Epilogue: Remainders Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	166
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	175
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	207
Credits Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	209
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	211

Language: English
Publisher: Yale University Press
Pages
- Main content: 240
Illustrations
- Other: 12 b-w illus.

eBook

Published: October 4, 2022
ISBN: 9780300268911